Yellowjackets are a specific type of social wasp known for their black and yellow stripes and aggressive behavior, particularly around their nests and sugary foods. They are a common nuisance at ...

Social wasps also scavenge and hunt for protein-rich foods, becoming more noticeable around human food sources in late summer ...

Yellow jackets (which include bald-faced hornets) and paper wasps are two types of social wasps found in Minnesota. Honeybees and bumblebees are social bees found in Minnesota. Wasps commonly nest ...

Erythrina gall wasps, mostly yellow, 6- to 8-millimeter-long invasive pests, create galls — swollen, tumor-like growths — in erythrina tree tissue that serve as cocoons for their larvae to mature.

In the spiny desert, an otherworldly ecosystem in the deep south, I learned to break into a sprint whenever I heard anything remotely resembling a buzz, for it usually belonged to a yellow wasp ...

Social wasps such as the hornets and yellow-jackets live in colonies similar to those of honey bees and ants Yellow-jackets (Vespula vulgaris) are the size of honey bees, with black and bright ...